Eric Cantor joins Wall Street bank — Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is joining the Wall Street firm Moelis & Co., the firm announced on Tuesday. — “Eric has proven himself to be a pro-business advocate and one who will enhance our boardroom discussions with CEOs and senior management …

Halfway House: GOP falling short in midterms — Tepid fundraising, underperforming candidates and a lousy party brand are threatening to deprive House Republicans of the sweeping 2014 gains that some top party officials have been predicting this year. — POLITICO interviewed …

Politico: GOP Worried About Falling Short In Mid-Terms — Since the Republicans are notoriously overoptimistic, it sounds like a real opportunity year for us. — I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I think the Democrats can pull off an upset this year and take back the House.

Post names Frederick J. Ryan Jr. as new publisher — Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is replacing Publisher Katharine Weymouth with Frederick J. Ryan Jr., a former Reagan administration official who was part of the founding leadership team of Politico, a primarily digital news organization …

Jeff Bezos Replaces WaPo Publisher With Politico Co-Founder — Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has replaced publisher Katharine Weymouth with a co-founder of the newspaper's competitor Politico, the company announced Tuesday. — Weymouth's departure is the end of an era of Graham family involvement with the Post.

A Call for a Low-Carb Diet — People who avoid carbohydrates and eat more fat, even saturated fat, lose more body fat and have fewer cardiovascular risks than people who follow the low-fat diet that health authorities have favored for decades, a major new study shows.

Life in an English Town Where Abuse of Young Girls Flourished — ROTHERHAM, England — It started on the bumper cars in the children's arcade of the local shopping mall. Lucy was 12, and a group of teenage boys, handsome and flirtatious, treated her and her friends to free rides and ice cream after school.

In Maryland, a Soviet-Style Punishment for a Novelist — From the Dept. of Insane and Dangerous Overreactions to Fictional Threats: — A 23-year-old teacher at a Cambridge, Md. middle school has been placed on leave and—in the words of a local news report—"taken in for an emergency medical evaluation" …

Putin Reportedly Says Russia Could ‘Take Kiev in 2 Weeks’ — MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia reportedly told a European official that he could “take Kiev in two weeks” if he wanted to, adding a new dimension to the tensions building in Ukraine as Russian forces become more involved in the fighting there.

The ugly return of anti-Semitism — Editor's note: Timothy Stanley is a historian and columnist for Britain's Daily Telegraph. He is the author of the new book “Citizen Hollywood: How the Collaboration Between L.A. and D.C. Revolutionized American Politics.”

Republicans, Make Your Case — Republicans continue to lack any strategy for winning the November elections beyond avoiding mistakes and hoping that President Obama's unpopularity, especially in key states, delivers control of the Senate to them. It must be said that the party has executed …

The Summer of Obama's Disconnect — Hawkish or weakish? Americans don't like either in a president. — Wow. That was some summer. The Islamic State that President Obama dismissed as “JV” proved to be a virulent varsity—gobbling up gobs of the Middle East, beheading an American journalist, and threatening the United States.

Economy no savior for Dems — Democrats are running out of time for an economic savior. — They have long predicted that an economic turnaround would be the elixir that helps them retain control of the Senate in November. — But with just a handful of big economic reports left before Election Day …

Why Some Americans Are More Equal Than Others — Americans pride themselves on an egalitarian society open to all. But some equality and inequality exist uneasily side by side. And the U.S. has never resolved this contradiction. — If the world is lucky enough to produce historians …

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